Edward Dickinson

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Edward Dickinson was a prominent 19th-century Amherst lawyer, politician, and civic leader best known as the father of poet Emily Dickinson.

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instanceOf civic leader
human
lawyer
politician
affiliation Amherst College
associatedWithPlace Amherst, Massachusetts
burialPlace West Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts
causeOfDeath stroke
child Austin Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
civicRole leader in Amherst town affairs
countryRepresented United States of America
dateOfBirth 1803-01-01
dateOfDeath 1874-06-16
educatedAt Yale College
Yale Law School
era 19th century
father Samuel Fowler Dickinson
gender male
knownFor father of poet Emily Dickinson
managed Dickinson family homestead in Amherst
memberOf Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party

Whig Party
mother Lucretia Gunn Dickinson
name Edward Dickinson
nationality American
notableWork development of Amherst civic institutions
occupation banker
lawyer
politician
treasurer
parentOf Austin Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Lavinia Norcross Dickinson
placeOfBirth Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
member of the Massachusetts Senate
member of the United States House of Representatives
treasurer of Amherst College
religion Calvinism
Congregationalism
representedDistrict 10th congressional district of Massachusetts
residence Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
spouse Emily Norcross Dickinson
linked to: Emily Dickinson
termEnd 1855-03-03
termStart 1853-03-04

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Emily Dickinson father Edward Dickinson
Lavinia Norcross Dickinson parent Edward Dickinson
Edward Dickinson name Edward Dickinson
Emily Dickinson Museum notableResident Edward Dickinson
Dickinson family notableMember Edward Dickinson
Dickinson family hasHeadOfFamily Edward Dickinson
Dickinson family hasParentChildRelationship Edward Dickinson – Emily Dickinson
linked to: Edward Dickinson
Dickinson family hasParentChildRelationship Edward Dickinson – William Austin Dickinson
linked to: Edward Dickinson